The Beginning of Troubled Times Chapter 16: Surprise Attack (4)
Nie Qing walked in front with a torch, Su Jingchen limped behind him, and turned his head from time to time to look at Luo Fu behind him, Luo Fu held the bow tightly in his arms, as if he was holding a female doll with a puppet.
"I remember the patrol was a team of ten, right?" Luo Fu suddenly said, "Just the two of you?" ”
"Somebody over there is too much to move." Su Jingchen replied coldly.
"How many enemies have you encountered? They're amazing, aren't they?"
"I guess I saw blood, right? There may be some tigers and leopards on this mountain, but don't let the blood attract those beasts and eat them. Luo Fu chattered.
"Enough!" Nie Qing turned his head and shouted, making Luo Fu stunned, he held the knife on his waist with one hand, "If you don't want to help, go back, if you say these ugly words again, believe it or not, I will kill you with one sword!" ”
Luo Fu lowered his head and stopped talking, but hugged the bow in his arms tighter. The surroundings fell silent all of a sudden, except for the sound of their heavy footsteps, and the three of them marched in silence, and the atmosphere was very awkward. Finally, Nie Qing saw Long Er who was leaning against the tree and closing his eyes to recuperate, and his pace sped up a little, "Big brother! We're back. ”
But Ryuuji remained motionless, as if he was asleep. Nie Qing's heart sank, and he shouted a few more times, "Big brother! ”
Still didn't respond, Nie Qing panicked all of a sudden, he threw away the torch, pounced on it and shook Long Er gently, "Big brother!" Eldest brother! The air suddenly froze, the night breeze blew, the leaves rustled, Nie Qing trembled and stretched out his hand to test his pulse.
There is no pulse.
Tears flowed silently down the corners of Nie Qing's eyes, and he climbed forward and grabbed Ryuuji's neck and hugged him tightly.
"Don't make a sound!" Su Jingchen suddenly roared.
"What's wrong?" Luo Fu turned his head to look around, but he didn't notice anything unusual.
"Listen."
Luo Fu and Nie Qing listened to it together for a long time but there was nothing, "There is only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves." Luo Fu muttered quietly.
"No, that's not right! Extinguish the torches! Su Jingchen's face changed, and he clearly heard the hooves of no less than a thousand horses.
"How to destroy it...... Luo Fu said lightly, as if he was completely unaware that a large group of men and horses were approaching them. Nie Qing also faintly heard the sound of heavy horses' hooves, and he turned around and threw himself on the torch, covering the fire with his body. Su Jingchen pressed Luo Fu's head and threw himself under the bushes with him.
Those dark warriors suddenly appeared, they rode pure black horses, silently holding the weapons in their hands without saying a word, Su Jingchen had never seen such a swift cavalry, compared to them, the Qingzhou cavalry was as slow as a turtle crawling! At this speed, they could only reach the main camp for a moment, and they did not know if the soldiers at the entrance of the camp would be able to stop their iron hooves. With the arrival of these black warriors is the heavy coercion of the overwhelming people, each of these warriors is the elite of the elite, even if it is ten or twenty of themselves, they may not be able to beat any of them, with such a terrible army, no wonder Tuoba Yan has the ambition to annex the world.
A scorched smell suddenly came out, Nie Qing pressed the torch under him, but the torch was not extinguished, it was still scorching Nie Qing's chest, if it weren't for the leather armor, I am afraid his chest would be burned through, I saw him gritting his teeth, his hands clenched tightly, but he didn't snort, he knew very well that if he spoke out now, the three of them would be dead.
"Hiss......" Nie Qing suddenly hissed lowly, Su Jingchen turned his head, only to see Nie Qing pressing the torch down again, as if he wanted to extinguish the torch directly, but there was a hard object touching his wound, and the severe pain made him can't help but scream. A black horse suddenly slowed down, and the hearts of the three sank, secretly screaming that it was not good, that they could not run, that it was impossible for two legs to run over four hooves, and that they buried their heads deeply, and could only pray that this person would not find themselves.
The man on the black horse made a cursory glance into the woods, found nothing, and continued to ride on. When the sound of the horse's hooves faded away, Nie Qing turned over, he tore off the leather armor that had already been burned with a big hole and threw it aside, panting violently, Su Jingchen lowered his body and walked over, seeing the wound on Nie Qing's chest, he gasped, the place where his chest was burned by the torch had already been burnt yellow, the skin and flesh had become rolled, and there were many blisters of different sizes on the skin a little farther away, I don't know how he endured it.
"Can you still move?" Su Jingchen asked.
"Hmm......" Nie Qing's face was pale, and beads of sweat ran down his forehead, "Help me up, we have to hurry back to the camp to help." ”
Su Jingchen took a hand and put Nie Qingkang on his shoulder, "What's the use of you going like this?" ”
"That's right, what are we doing in the past...... Luo Fu trembled, and his voice dropped a little bit, like a mosquito humming, "I don't want to go over there, isn't it just to add a few corpses over there?" ”
"Since you are in the army, you don't go into battle to kill the enemy, but hide in this dark bush and steal your life! What a system! Isn't this just being a deserter?! Nie Qing said impassionedly, but he moved the wound again, and couldn't help but let out a low "hiss".
Luo Fu originally came to mix a few mouthfuls of military rations, and he didn't know a few big characters, so he didn't care what deserters were or not, but when Nie Qing said this, he couldn't help blushing, lowered his head and responded a few words, "I know, I know." He also followed in the footsteps of the two.
It was only when the shadows of the trees were sparse that they saw the light of the fire rushing to the sky on the side of the camp, like a burning sun, and the black warriors rushed back and forth in the camp, the blood stains thrown from the swords mixed with the flames, and the screams of the rare sergeants reached them with the blazing wind.
"We've got to help!" Nie Qing wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Su Jingchen, he glared at Su Jingchen viciously, and said, "Brother Chen, I thought you were a young hero, but now you are also cowering!" The coalition army was defeated a month ago, and it was because the soldiers were timid and fled! Even if the strength is ten times that of the opponent, he is still timid, then Tuoba Yan is a human! It's not a monster! If you are cut off by a knife, you will die! ”
"There are 30,000 people in the Qingzhou army, not worse than you," Su Jingchen raised his head and looked directly into Nie Qing's eyes, "With your body, can you still hold a knife?" Are you so passionate that you want to die? Add some military merit to others? ”
Nie Qing opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to refute, he sighed, and stopped clamoring to step forward.
"Surprise attacks are about speed, they won't stay long, and we'll go in when they pull out."
"Yes, yes, we can't help if we go now, so let's wait here." Luo Fu hurriedly agreed, and Nie Qing also nodded, quietly observing the situation in the camp. Sure enough, in less than half a pillar of incense, those black warriors withdrew from the camp like the wind, leaving only blood and corpses all over the ground.
The three of them stood up from the bushes, and they were about to walk towards the camp, but Su Jingchen suddenly stopped, he looked up at the sky, and grabbed the two people in front of him, "No, wait." ”
"What's wrong again?"
"Look...... Heavenly. ”
It was a rain curtain composed of thousands of arrows, they burned thin clouds with flames, without exception fell on the Qingzhou military camp, the fire immediately spread to every corner of the camp, bigger than ever, the sergeants were wrapped in the sea of fire, they struggled and wailed inside, dragged a body of flames to scatter and fled, and finally died in the sea of fire. But this is not over, when the rain of arrows no longer falls, from the side of the Shenshan Plains came the sound of war drums like horses' hooves, even Wolong Mountain trembled, that is the Yanzhou cavalry "Yanhu", the leading heavy cavalry in the land of Zhongzhou, no one can stop their tiger-like offensive. In fact, there is really no one to stop them, they rushed into the Qingzhou army camp like a devastating one, cutting down every Qingzhou soldier in front of them, they kept swinging their knives and cutting down, this originally unfair battle, at the moment is like a massacre.
Luo Fu sat paralyzed on the ground, biting his already bleeding hand tightly, his eyes widened, his whole body trembled, and he didn't dare to make a sound, Nie Qing was also suddenly afraid, he didn't say a word, the "purgatory" that only appeared in the legend was in front of him at this moment.
"Let's go," Su Jingchen suddenly said, "We are defeated, and we are defeated before we even start." ”
"Yes...... yes," Luo Fu's voice trembled, "or we'll have to die here." ”
"Let's go, Brother Nie." Su Jingchen pulled Nie Qing's clothes and said softly.
Nie Qing stood in place, the flames reflected on his face, the fire in front of him was getting bigger and bigger, while the fire in his heart was gradually extinguished, "Let's go." After a long silence, he finally spoke.
Luo Fu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, he got up quickly, patted the soil on his body, and smiled easily, "Let's go, let's go." ”